An improved unit decommitment algorithm for combined heat and power systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 552-562

  Rong, Aiying ^a   Lahdelma, Risto ^b   Grunow, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Combined heat and power production; Deregulated power market; Energy optimization; Unit commitment; Unit decommitment

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION PLANTS; DEREGULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PRODUCTION; DEREGULATED POWER MARKET; ENERGY OPTIMIZATION; UNIT COMMITMENT; UNIT DECOMMITMENT;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 56549086076     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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